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Is it worth getting a pizza stone?

14 replies

LoveBeingADaddysGirl · 01/01/2011 11:34

Have always fancied getting a pizza stone and am thinking of getting one with Xmas money. So are they any good? Do you have one? Do you know the best place to get one?

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belindarose · 01/01/2011 11:42

Ours was a gift a few years ago. We love it. Pizzas much more crispy, whether home made or shop bought. Doesn't have a make on it, sorry.

HappySkiingGardeningNewYear · 02/01/2011 11:30

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

They really improve pizzas and make making bread brilliant.

I got a tip off on here to get the granite chopping board from Wilkinsons for £10. Take the little feet pads off and it has done a brilliant job. I do want to get a Weber one to use on the BBQ though as I would be more confident of that coping with open fire heat.

I was given one of the ones in a set with a little pizza cutter a year ago, it cracked 8 months later so I would steer clear of anything packaged for Christmas.

suiledonne · 02/01/2011 11:33

I got one as a gift a few years ago - it doesn't fit in our oven so make sure you check size.

thereisthesnowball · 02/01/2011 16:49

They do them for BBQs?

Oh my.

activate · 02/01/2011 16:50

I like the pizza trays with the holes in them

WannabeNigella · 02/01/2011 16:52

I have both the stone and the trays with holes in them and think the trays work much better.

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LoveBeingADaddysGirl · 02/01/2011 16:56

Sounds good then, thought it would be nicer for making my own ones, hadn't thought about using it for bread.

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TheChewyToffeeMum · 02/01/2011 17:45

Definitely worth getting (as big as will fit in your oven). Also, use 00 flour in the dough, it is much stretchier.

HappySkiingGardeningNewYear · 02/01/2011 20:42

A kettle BBQ makes a good wood fired pizza oven snowball. Unless you have one in the kitchen, in which case I am jealous.

I never got anything like the result with the trays. You do need to make sure the stone is good and hot though which takes a while.

And the oven spring you get with them for bread is amazing. Double the size of your loaf it will...

BelaLugosiinStripes · 02/01/2011 22:29

HSGNY - glad to hear you got on ok with the Wilkos granite stone.
OP - they also do them in Tesco, usually under £10, as HSGNY says, do remember to take the rubber feet off!

DH uses his several times a week for baking bread, for a good effect it needs at least 30 mins in the oven at 250C (conventional - don't use the fan).

mathanxiety · 02/01/2011 22:32

I use a big cast iron frying pan (Lodge) which I find is far better, less fiddly to care for and less likely to crack than the pizza stone I had (now resting in pieces in some dump).

taffetacat · 02/01/2011 22:35

I got a stone one from a Pampered Chef party and make pizzas on it regularly, am very pleased with it, thepizzas we do are very thin and crispy. If you make your own pizzas regularly and have an oven that can get very hot, it is worth it.

bambiandthumper · 02/01/2011 23:11

they are fab, everything is much yummier and crispier.

I've also found its a great way of getting veggies into the DC's

pollymere · 06/01/2011 19:45

Don't just think of it as being for pizzas - you can cook anything on it - chicken will be much more crispy skinned for example. Use it as a baking tray for crispier moister food.

I would recommend the Pampered Chef ones. I actually have a bar pan one which I can also cook Toad in the Hole on!

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